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The 44 most-read hard rock artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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44 artists are tagged hard rock in London. The biggest move was High Tide, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock | 202,387 | 0 |
02 | The Whorock, hard rock | 84,866 | 0 |
03 | Motörheadheavy metal, hard rock | 52,888 | 0 |
04 | Uriah Heephard rock, progressive rock | 36,301 | +2 |
05 | Status Quorock, boogie rock | 35,236 | +3 |
06 | The Culthard rock, post-punk | 34,187 | -2 |
07 | Bad Companyblues rock, hard rock | 29,463 | -2 |
08 | Lita Fordhard rock, glam metal | 28,767 | -1 |
09 | Freeblues rock, hard rock | 21,863 | 0 |
10 | Foghatblues rock, hard rock | 15,328 | +1 |
11 | Ten Years Afterblues rock, british blues | 13,999 | -1 |
12 | Jeff Beck Grouprock, blues rock | 8,925 | +1 |
13 | Argentprogressive rock, pop rock | 8,355 | -1 |
14 | Richie Faulknerhard rock, heavy metal | 7,646 | 0 |
15 | Girlschoolheavy metal, hard rock | 7,368 | 0 |
16 | Fastwayhard rock | 6,668 | +2 |
17 | Michael Schenker Grouphard rock, heavy metal | 6,226 | -1 |
18 | The Quireboysblues rock, glam metal | 4,771 | -1 |
19 | Thunderblues rock, hard rock | 3,221 | 0 |
20 | Phil Soussanhard rock, heavy metal | 2,792 | 0 |
21 | High Tideheavy psych, psychedelic rock | 2,308 | +6 |
22 | West, Bruce & Laingblues rock, hard rock | 1,639 | +1 |
23 | Russell Gilbrookhard rock, progressive rock | 1,627 | +3 |
24 | Leaf Houndhard rock, heavy psych | 1,495 | -3 |
25 | Strayhard rock, heavy psych | 1,383 | -1 |
26 | The Gunpsychedelic rock, acid rock | 1,327 | -4 |
27 | Girlglam rock, hard rock | 1,320 | -2 |
28 | Inglorioushard rock | 1,007 | +2 |
29 | Deadland Ritualhard rock | 841 | -1 |
30 | Senseless Thingshard rock, indie rock | 827 | -1 |
31 | Tempesthard rock, progressive rock | 722 | +1 |
32 | Blossom Toespsychedelic pop, baroque pop | 633 | -1 |
33 | Lionheartrock, hard rock | 622 | 0 |
34 | Blackfoot Sueglam rock, hard rock | 563 | 0 |
35 | May Blitzhard rock, progressive rock | 519 | 0 |
36 | Hookfoothard rock | 483 | +2 |
37 | Hard Stuffhard rock, classic rock | 419 | -1 |
38 | As Lionshard rock | 400 | -1 |
39 | Fuzzy Duckprogressive rock, hard rock | 365 | 0 |
40 | The Winkieshard rock, pub rock | 222 | 0 |
41 | Primal Rock Rebellionhard rock, alternative metal | 153 | 0 |
42 | Skyscraperalternative rock, grunge | 95 | 0 |
43 | Tokyo Dragonshard rock | 57 | +1 |
44 | THE*GA*GA*Shard rock | 51 | -1 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.